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North Pacific humpback whale, competitive group with bubble streaming. Image ID: 02999 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf (barely seen in the distance). Image ID: 04416 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	North Pacific humpback whale underwater. Image ID: 04417 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Primary escort male humpback whale bubble streaming during competitive group socializing. This primary escort is swimming behind a female. The bubble curtain may be a form of intimidation towards other male escorts that are interested in the female. Image ID: 04424 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Primary escort male humpback whale bubble streaming during competitive group socializing. This primary escort is swimming behind a female. The bubble curtain may be a form of intimidation towards other male escorts that are interested in the female. Image ID: 04425 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Humpback whale mother and calf. Image ID: 04427 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf (barely seen in the distance). Image ID: 04437 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a female during competitive group activities. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the female. Image ID: 04443 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a female during competitive group activities. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the female. Image ID: 04445 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a female during competitive group activities. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the female. Image ID: 04446 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Humpback whales, mother, calf and male escort. Image ID: 04455 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Large competitive group of humpback whales, eleven adult humpback whales seen in this image, part of a 16 whale competitive group. Image ID: 04460 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Large competitive group of humpback whales, eleven adult humpback whales seen in this image, part of a 16 whale competitive group. Image ID: 04461 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Large competitive group of humpback whales seen underwater. Image ID: 04465 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next. Image ID: 04485 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next. Image ID: 04488 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Humpback whale mother and calf. Image ID: 04528 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Humpback whale calf. Image ID: 04532 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Humpback whale mother, calf and escort. Image ID: 04534 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother. Image ID: 05924 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother. Image ID: 05926 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother. Image ID: 05927 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	North Pacific humpback whales, socializing trio of adults. Image ID: 05934 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	North Pacific humpback whales, socializing trio of adults. Image ID: 05935 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

North Pacific humpback whales, part of a larger competitive group of humpbacks. Image ID: 05952 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	North Pacific humpback whale, calf. Image ID: 05957 Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	North Pacific humpback whale, calf. Image ID: 05959 Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

North Pacific humpback whale, mother and calf. Image ID: 05962 Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	North Pacific humpback whale, calf. Image ID: 05965 Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Male North Pacific humpback whale streams a trail of bubbles. The primary male escort whale (center) creates a curtain of bubbles underwater as it swims behind a female (right), with other challenging males trailing behind in a competitive group. The bubbles may be a form of intimidation from the primary escort towards the challenging escorts. Image ID: 05967 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA